What would save Windows 8 in your opinion?

I am using windows 8.1, and I enjoy it better than I did any other version. It feels snappier, and the start menu actually makes things look more appealing. Instead of a cluttered desktop of icons I have thishttp://i.imgur.com/k3rqE3W.jpg---PSN: Cremacious

I used 8 for the last month, give or take, and had no issues until I tried to run a few different games on Steam that crashed immediately. This was unacceptable, and I've been using 7 since then.---|Intel i5 3570K|HIS Radeon HD 7950|16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 RAM|Intel BOXDQ77MK MB|XFX Core 550W PSU|XBL/PSN/Steam: corruptor5150

Intel's Baytrail parts have over a hundred design wins and many of those are presumably Windows tablets running full windows 8.1. Intel plans on spending $1 billion to subsidize their Atom processors so that OEMs will be able to cut costs, incentivizing the production of Windows tablets, and as new Windows tablets flood the market, the mainstream consumers are going to take notice and they're going to start buying.

There are already a handful of excellent, affordable Windows 8.1 tablets out, like the Dell Venue 8 Pro and ASUS T100. Wintel is still a powerful alliance, so it's just a matter of time. Oh, and AMD's supposedly planning something big for their next-gen x86 ultramobile APUs (beema and mullins).

Intel's Baytrail parts have over a hundred design wins and many of those are presumably Windows tablets running full windows 8.1. Intel plans on spending $1 billion to subsidize their Atom processors so that OEMs will be able to cut costs, incentivizing the production of Windows tablets, and as new Windows tablets flood the market, the mainstream consumers are going to take notice and they're going to start buying.

There are already a handful of excellent, affordable Windows 8.1 tablets out, like the Dell Venue 8 Pro and ASUS T100. Wintel is still a powerful alliance, so it's just a matter of time. Oh, and AMD's supposedly planning something big for their next-gen x86 ultramobile APUs (beema and mullins).

Nothing at all. Windows 8 was fine - in fact it utilised resources better than 7, which worked great already. Been using 8.1 now for a few months, and it's been great. I didn't have an issue with Windows 8 and the whole 'no start bar' debacle, but 8.1 is a nice improvement.